Mississippi Business Journal » forestryhttp://msbusiness.com
Mississippi Business NewsFri, 31 Jul 2015 20:53:11 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3Yes, this little critter can … BEAT YOUR ASHhttp://msbusiness.com/2015/03/yes-this-little-critter-can-beat-your-ash/
http://msbusiness.com/2015/03/yes-this-little-critter-can-beat-your-ash/#commentsFri, 06 Mar 2015 14:33:06 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=98655By LYNN LOFTON It’s very clear that the Emerald Ash Borer beetle is not welcome in Mississippi even though it has made its way to surrounding states. The Mississippi Forestry Commission is leading the fight to keep this non-native invasive pest out of the Magnolia State. Originally found in Asia and parts of Russia, the ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2015/03/yes-this-little-critter-can-beat-your-ash/feed/0RAEM launches study on wood pellet market's impact on railroadshttp://msbusiness.com/2014/10/raem-launches-study-wood-pellet-markets-impact-railroads/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/10/raem-launches-study-wood-pellet-markets-impact-railroads/#commentsMon, 27 Oct 2014 14:43:32 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=95329WAYNESBORO — The Rail Authority of East Mississippi (RAEM) has initiated a study to analyze the growing global wood pellet market and its financial impact on the construction of a new rail line connecting Waynesboro to Lucedale. RAEM’s previous economic studies demonstrated forest products will be the primary user of the new rail line, and ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/10/raem-launches-study-wood-pellet-markets-impact-railroads/feed/0Weyerhaeuser investing $57M to modernize lumber millhttp://msbusiness.com/2014/07/weyerhaeuser-investing-57m-modernize-lumber-mill/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/07/weyerhaeuser-investing-57m-modernize-lumber-mill/#commentsWed, 23 Jul 2014 12:17:29 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=91358PHILADELPHIA — Weyerhaeuser Co. is investing $57 million to modernize over the next three years at its softwood lumber mill in Philadelphia. Weyerhaeuser said the work will be done in phases. Plans are to install two continuous direct-fired kilns and a new planer mill. In the last year we’ve seen somewhat of an uptick in ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/07/weyerhaeuser-investing-57m-modernize-lumber-mill/feed/0Application process begins for federal conservation initiativehttp://msbusiness.com/2014/06/application-process-begins-federal-conservation-initiative/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/06/application-process-begins-federal-conservation-initiative/#commentsTue, 17 Jun 2014 12:23:25 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=90162SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — The United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting applications for the Upper Black Creek Watershed Initiative through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). The NRCS and the United States Forest Service (USFS) are partnering to improve the health and resiliency of the forest ecosystems where public and ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/06/application-process-begins-federal-conservation-initiative/feed/0Farm bill creates new critical conservation areashttp://msbusiness.com/2014/05/farm-bill-creates-new-critical-conservation-areas/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/05/farm-bill-creates-new-critical-conservation-areas/#commentsWed, 28 May 2014 13:40:48 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=89429AROUND MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi has two new conservation partnerships aimed at ensuring the long-term viability of the Mississippi River and the long leaf pine forests to the state. Large portions of Mississippi are included in two of the eight Critical Conservation Areas (CCA) authorized under the 2014 farm bill as part of a significant reform ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/05/farm-bill-creates-new-critical-conservation-areas/feed/0Portions of forest to get beetle-fighting effort through farm billhttp://msbusiness.com/2014/05/portions-forest-get-beetle-fighting-effort-farm-bill/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/05/portions-forest-get-beetle-fighting-effort-farm-bill/#commentsWed, 21 May 2014 13:11:45 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=89208CHICKASAW COUNTY – A battle against a growing southern pine beetle infestation in Mississippi’s Tombigbee National Forest will be fought by the U.S. Forest Service using designations authorized in the 2014 farm bill. The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) yesterday officially designated portions of the Tombigbee National Forest as a landscape-scale insect and disease treatment area ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/05/portions-forest-get-beetle-fighting-effort-farm-bill/feed/1Sawtimber, pulpwood markets improving, but challenges remainhttp://msbusiness.com/2014/04/sawtimber-pulpwood-markets-improving-challenges-remain/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/04/sawtimber-pulpwood-markets-improving-challenges-remain/#commentsMon, 14 Apr 2014 16:57:56 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=88090ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Markets for Mississippi’s sawtimber and pulpwood are bouncing back from the economic recession, but the industry is not improving across the board. “Slowly but surely, markets for sawtimber are beginning to grow again after the sharp declines seen after the collapse of the U.S. housing market and the ensuing recession,” said James ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/04/sawtimber-pulpwood-markets-improving-challenges-remain/feed/2MSU researchers develop timber-management softwarehttp://msbusiness.com/2014/04/msu-researchers-develop-timber-management-software/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/04/msu-researchers-develop-timber-management-software/#commentsWed, 09 Apr 2014 15:59:45 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=87949STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University scientists have created a new software program to help foresters and landowners manage hardwood timber. Emily Schultz and Tom Matney, forestry professors in the MSU Forest and Wildlife Research Center, developed the software and user’s guide based on 33 years of research. The free software provides expected yields and future ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/04/msu-researchers-develop-timber-management-software/feed/2Ag producers, scientists talk about research, needshttp://msbusiness.com/2014/03/ag-producers-scientists-talk-research-needs/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/03/ag-producers-scientists-talk-research-needs/#commentsMon, 03 Mar 2014 13:29:11 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=86467VERONA — More than 300 north Mississippi agricultural producers met with Mississippi State University representatives to hear research results and recommendations and to express what they need from the university in the coming year. Steve Martin, head of MSU’s North Mississippi Research and Extension Center in Verona, said the annual meeting helps keep producers, researchers ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/03/ag-producers-scientists-talk-research-needs/feed/0Farmers see weaker market prices for agronomic cropshttp://msbusiness.com/2014/01/farmers-see-weaker-market-prices-agronomic-crops/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/01/farmers-see-weaker-market-prices-agronomic-crops/#commentsFri, 03 Jan 2014 13:59:52 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=84368ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi’s top two agricultural commodities — poultry and forestry — maintained their strength in 2013, but most agronomic crop values took a hit from significantly lower prices than those earned in 2012. John Michael Riley, agricultural economist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service, said agronomic crop prices were a major drag ...